On June 10, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched a social media video campaign called “Level The Paying Field” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act (EPA) of 1963 that “prohibits sex-based wage discrimination,” according to a press release from the EEOC.
On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the EPA to require that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The #LevelThePayingField campaign will last through August 20, 2023, to coincide with the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Women’s World Cup 2023.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the EPA as well as other federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.
Although the Equal Pay Act was passed 60 years ago, sex-based pay discrimination remains a problem in the workforce. Each year there are still hundreds of pay discrimination charges filed with the EEOC, including more than 950 in Fiscal Year 2022, which was the first increase in Equal Pay Act charges in three years.
“In many cases, women across the country are still paid less than men,” EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows stated in the press release about the campaign. “Whether you are a security guard, an IT analyst, a teacher, or...
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